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I don't what to believe everyone's already been radicalised. If I won't accomplish anything I will leave, but as often as people on the internet don't want to listen, there are some that do.  I agree with you on everything else.

Also it's funnnn 

There's not direct messages on itch so I'm replying to this three-year-old post.

Hell yeah! Going on the offensive is an incredible move. It actually took me a good five minutes to realise what you were doing, but it's such a smart play. Love you fellow degenerate <3

I think I will be disengaging from this discussion. I watched the videos, you seem to have gotten all your arguments from there.

I was mainly asking questions, and the fact that I think art can be NSFW is, in the end, an opinion. You could've been a bit less rude though :/

To regenerator: my knee-jerk reaction was to say “no, this isn't sexual!”, but after thinking about it, is it not? I'm not very well-versed in that side of fetish content, but, looking at it — the detail with which you have to treat wounds correctly, the pain mechanics, the audio design (especially the whimpering!), how long it takes to actually die after a big injury even though you have no shot at survival — I can't deny that there is fetish content in this game. I don't get off to this, but i can definitely imagine someone who does. Is the creator into it? I'm not going to throw accusations ;з

This game is incredible. I takes the best aspects of a rogue-like immersive sim like Noita, and then makes you care. The Experiment has emotions, it talks to itself. It's almost a cheap shot but the whimpers of pain are so horrible to hear. I want to keep this beast alive, and that makes every decision you take, every wrong step, every stray scratch so impactful. I love the Experiment too much to see it suffer. My baby. You really are devastated every time it gets hurt. And the fact that dying takes so long means you really get to dwell in that feeling at the end of a run. All the pieces fit together perfectly to make an, in most aspects, incredible game.

Eh I kinda was by proxy. So, three separate points here:

1. How is Changed being advertised to kids? I haven't even seen an ad for it before. It's clearly marked as having mature themes on steam.

2. Something can be both a kink and art. Those aren't exclusive.

3. How is it harmful? I don't see how this could hurt people (that are the appropriate age) in any way. Would love your reasoning.

As per your final statement, I wish people wouldn't treat NSFW content as inherently worse than SFW stuff.

OH MY DOG YOU CAN BARK? THANK YOU I LOVE YOU (also good review <3)

The “transfur” aspect of Changed is as much an aesthetic conceit as having the Experiment be an anthro. Changed uses that to tell a story — yes, it is indulgent, it is sexual — but it's still a piece of art.

Thing is, the furry community is built on weird. “Cartoon animals in more serious contexts” that's weird, why not do it with humans? What do you mean you make art of yourself as an animal? You can't un-weird furries by removing specific aspects. The fandom is breeding grounds (heh) for weird people because when everyone's weird, being more weird isn't a problem. 

The way to make being furry not weird is to normalise it. The more people make bad sketches of themselves and publish them, the less weird it gets. The more people play dress up or roleplay online, the less weird it gets. The more people publish media containing, and talk about niche or off-putting kinks (in the right spaces), the less weird it gets. 

Just like how gay people and mental disorders are getting more accepted due to exposure and media that talks about it, so would furries and accompanying weird stuff at some point. Now, being furry is a choice. You're intentionally declaring yourself as weird — as an aesthetic goal, but also to build community. Nobody should stop you from having safe fun, from being yourself. 

Furries in other media haven't been portrayed in the most favourable light, leading to a lot of people having a false impression of what furries are. I feel like it's been getting better in recent times, but it's still an issue; the most that you can do to help is inform people.

If someone dismisses something because it's “weird”, that's their loss. I agree that it's disappointing how many people dismiss content they may like due to trivial stuff like it being furry, but that is at no fault to the fandom itself.

Thank you for reading what (accidentally) turned into an essay, and stay weird everyfur!